Treaties: Guidance Notes

HL Deb 22 January 1996 vol 568 cc51-2WA

Lord Lester of Herne Hill

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish the handbook of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Nationality,

Treaty and Claims Department, International Agreements: Practice and Procedures—Guidance Notes, September 1992.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

The guidance notes were provided as a basic guide for officers in the FCO and other government departments dealing with treaty matters. There are no plans to publish the notes or to give them wider circulation.

Arrangements will be made to lay copies in the Libraries of the House.